Sheng Xiyan burned paper money quietly and did not respond to the emperor's words.
Xuan Ling's heart was as cold as ice, and he turned and left.
He took away a large group of guards.
Prince Teng was a little bolder and did not leave with them. He squatted beside them and accompanied them in burning paper.
Jiangjiang was crawling in front of the tombstone and pulling out the weeds growing from the cracks. He was about to get the fruits for the sacrifice when he was stopped by Hua Xia.
She hesitated to speak, not daring to say that this was your biological father's tombstone, so she coaxed him, "Young Master, kowtow, and I will take you somewhere else to play."
He won't leave. His mother is here, so he won't leave.
Prince Teng gave Sheng Xiyan a wooden stick and asked her to stir the unburned paper money in the basin.
"Xi Yan, are you living well in the palace?"
Sheng Xiyan wiped her tears with her sleeves and said, "The Emperor is very good to me and Jiang Jiang."
"Why?"
Prince Teng didn't know how to express his doubts. Since the emperor was so good to her, why was the situation like this now?
At that time, there were obviously many ways to prevent Prince E's Mansion from making things difficult for Sheng Xiyan and her son, but Emperor Xuanwu chose to take her into the palace. It must be because he liked her.
How can I not favor you if you like me?
In the distance, Xuan Ling inspected the tombs of several meritorious officials. She came over from the road and saw Sheng Xiyan and Prince Teng talking. She wiped tears from her sleeves from time to time.
He paused, "What is she talking about?"
Eunuch Fu said, "Your Majesty, would you like me to guard it?"
Xuan Ling said coldly, "Go and ask Sheng Xiyan to return to the palace."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Eunuch Fu trotted over to the tombstone and said, "Miss Sheng, the Emperor ordered you to get up and return to the palace immediately."
Sheng Xiyan said calmly, "Please tell the emperor, Eunuch Fu, that I will not be going back."
ah? ! ! !
Eunuch Fu, Prince Teng, and Hua Xia all opened their mouths in shock.
"Master Sheng, you, don't dare to do this. Do you want to die? Even if you don't want to live, you should still think about the young master, right?"
Eunuch Fu's incoherent advice.
Sheng Xiyan said firmly, "I have made up my mind. Please tell the emperor the truth, Eunuch Fu."
Eunuch Fu complained bitterly and had no choice but to go back and report.
Upon hearing this, Xuan Ling snorted coldly and walked straight to the tombstone like a flash of lightning.
Prince Teng quickly followed Eunuch Fu and retreated to a distance.
The emperor's awe-inspiring power enveloped the surroundings, even the wind stopped.
Sheng Xiyan went from squatting to turning around and kneeling respectfully.
"Is this the conclusion you came to in ten days?"
He waited for her for ten days, and not only did he not confess his love to her, but now he even dared not return to the palace.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. For the past six months, I have neither pleased Your Majesty nor made any achievements. I have been living a chaotic life of eating and drinking for free. I am too embarrassed to return to the palace. I beg Your Majesty's permission."
Xuan Ling's beautiful face exuded a terrifying aura.
He asked, "Sheng Xiyan, do you want to stay and guard Qi Yan's mausoleum?"
Sheng Xiyan sniffed, "Yes, Your Majesty wishes so, and I will obey your will."
Xuan Ling's deerskin boots with golden dragons spun on the bluestone floor. This woman was crazy. He would definitely not chop off her head.
In the distance, Eunuch Fu clutched his whisk tightly. "Little Lady Sheng is in trouble! This is the first time the Emperor has been so patient and turned back to call her, and she actually dared to disobey!"
Prince Teng thought to himself, if Sheng Xiyan really didn't return to the palace, would this be his chance?
In front of the tombstone, Xuan Ling felt chest tightness for a long time and grabbed Baisha's shoulders.
Sheng Xiyan was picked up, and a lot of things were revealed from her sleeves.
There were some silver bills, as well as agarwood bracelets, jade necklaces, and turquoise beads.
"You brought the banknotes with you, and you've already decided to leave the palace today and not come back?"
The emperor, who had always been dignified and upright, was now driven mad with anger. The only hope in his heart was torn to pieces by this woman.
All I could think of was one sentence: "Give her death! Give her death!"
Sheng Xiyan felt his muffled dragon roar and knelt on the ground to pick up these objects.
"The agarwood bracelet was the first gift Young Master Xuan gave to Xi Yan.
The jadeite necklace was the first gift the emperor gave to his concubines.
The turquoise beads were the first gift the emperor gave to Jiang Jiang.
I only brought these with me when I left the palace, hoping to keep all the kindness of the Emperor within my heart."
Broken tears fell on her porcelain-white cheeks, dripping onto the agarwood bracelet in her hand...
Xuan Ling's brows were tightly furrowed, and his dark and deep eyes looked down at her coldly.
He had long known that she was a person who knew how to repay kindness and was grateful, but this was not the kind of virtue he needed.
"Sheng Xiyan, I said, I don't need your gratitude."
Sheng Xiyan raised her head, and said stubbornly and aggrievedly, "Your Majesty, do you think I really like you, your concubine?"
Xuan Ling was stunned and laughed out of anger.
"So, my care for you over the past six months is nothing in your eyes?"
Sheng Xiyan was like a delicate magnolia flower, sobbing:
"Your Majesty blames me for not loving you, but what about you? You said you liked me, but you haven't favored me for six months."
Xuan Ling couldn't believe it. She actually blamed him for this?
"Sheng Xiyan, I cherish you so much that I'm like this. What's wrong with your heart?"
Sheng Xiyan looked up, her charming eyes now filled with bitter beauty.
He said firmly: "This is not love. If you really like someone, it is an impulsive desire that you cannot control.
But the Emperor has no impulse towards me, the Emperor does not like me, and how can I dare to like him when I am so terrified? Wuuwuwu, wuwuwu."
She lowered her head, her delicate shoulders twitching as she sobbed, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
Xuan Ling thought that his mind worked faster than a windmill when handling state affairs, but now he was confused by Sheng Xiyan and was speechless.
The grievance burned in her chest. Did she think he could endure it so easily? All her efforts were in vain.
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